The NAB prosecutor informed the accountability court that the IHC had dismissed Dar’s petition challenging several orders of the accountability court, through which the court had issued bailable and non-bailable warrants of arrest and later declared him a proclaimed offender. IHC dismisses Ishaq Dar’s petition seeking to set aside earlier judgementSubsequently, the accountability court directed him to produce more witnesses on the next date of hearing. He had asked the court to pass an order for confirmation of the ‘freezing order’ which was accepted. On Dec 20, 2017, the IHC had restrained the accountability court from proceeding further against Dar till January 17, observing that several questions of law needed consideration. The accountability court will now resume hearing on January 24.

Source: The Express Tribune January 18, 2018 18:11 UTC